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To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, +FOA Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
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I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. deep mire: Heb. the mire of depth deep waters: Heb. depth of waters
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I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
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O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. sins: Heb. guiltiness
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Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
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Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
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I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
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They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. drunkards: Heb. drinkers of strong drink
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But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
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Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
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And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. hear...: Heb. make haste to hear me
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Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
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Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
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Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. to take...: Heb. to lament with me
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They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
[22]
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
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Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
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Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. their habitation: Heb. their palace let none...: Heb. let there not be a dweller
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For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. those...: Heb. thy wounded
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Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. iniquity unto...: or, punishment of iniquity, etc
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Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
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But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
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I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. humble: or, meek
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For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
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Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. moveth: Heb. creepeth
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For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
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The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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